Hawker desal project on fast track

A bore water desalination project for outback Hawker has bypassed a Public Works Committee hearing and been given approval for work to start immediately.

Committee chairman Michael Pengilly said a full report would be tabled for Parliament in the next sitting week.

But he said the Government had been happy for work to start.

"There's absolutely no controversy over the project. It will benefit the people of Hawker, we're very comfortable with it and I say to the government authorities to get on and build it," he said.

"We consider it's an excellent project, there's bipartisan support for it, the sooner it's built the better and we didn't see the need to drag people in from all over the state to have a hearing in Parliament House."